Faucet and filler for cans



(No Model.)

H. H. HULL.

PAUGBT AND FILLER POR GANS.

No. 364,821. Patented June 14, 1887.

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UNITED l STATES PATENT CEEIcE.

HERBERT H. HULL, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FAUCET AND FILLER Foa CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent; No. 364,821, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed February 21, 188?. Serial No. $28,452. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. HULL, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fillers and Faucets for Cil-Cans, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to filling necks and faucets for oil and other similar cans, and has for its object to provide for turning the neck Wlth its spout around to bring the spout over the body of the can when desired.

To this end the invention consists in constructing the lower edge of the neck with a ange andsurrounding said iange with a ring or collar secured to the head of the canl and leaving the iiange loose therein,so that'the neck may be revolved, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspectiveview of my improved fillingneck, the dotted line showingthe same as it appears with the spout turned over the can. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections of the same, showing two modes of constructing the turning joint.

A, in the several figures, :is a neckfor which the aforesaid flange a is loosely fitted. f

Said ring or collar D is soldered to the top of `the can, and thus the neck is fixed over the said hole C in the can and is free-to revolve, as shown inFig. 3. Said ring D, as seen in Fig. 2,eXtends inward from the bead or groove d and has its inner edge slightly upturned to form the valve-seat. Vithin said neck is contained a chambered stopper, E, in the bottonir of which isixed a cork or other suitable gasket, F, which, when l the stopper is screwed down, rests upon the slightly-upturned edge of the hole C, and thus tightly closes the opening into the can.` In the bottom of said chambered stopper is made a hole, G, of somewhat smaller diameter than the opening C, and in the side wall of the stopper .is made a hole, H, which registers with the spout B.' Within the chambered stopper is contained a valve and valve operating mechanism for closing said opening in the bottom of the stopper, as follows: I is a screw-threaded stem playing in a screwthreaded socket, il, on the top of the stopper E, and is provided on its lower end with a disk, J, having aange,j,which holds a disk of cork or `other suitable material, K, which covers and closes the opening G in the bottom of the stopper. L is a thumb-disk on the top of the screw-stem I for turning itby.

The operation of this is as follows: The screwing down of the stopper E not only closes the opening into the can, but it also securely holds the neck from turning, and thus obvi` ates the liability of the neck turning when not required. Now, when it is desired to turn the neck,the stopper may be slightly loosened up and the neck turned to either sidc required: The valve and the valve mechanism work independently and are not affected by the turning of the neck. This improvement'alsoadmits of the employment of along spout, which the old method forbids, because the neck and spout, being permanently Iixed, would not admit ofa spout that projected beyond the edge of the can, forin the handling and shipping of the can a projecting spout is very liable to be bent or broken.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire -to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

' The combination of aneckfhaving aliange at its base and loosely secured to the can over the opening therein by a ring o r collar surrounding aud embracing said ange, and a chalnbered stopper having a hole in its bottom controlled by a valve provided with a screwthreaded stem playing through the top of the ICO 

